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ALMA A. GAHEN, 01E TEANECK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 112, 191i '7.

Application filed June 10, 1916. Serial No. 102,906.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that l, ALMA A. GAHZEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Teaneck, in the county ofBergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Trucks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. This inventionrelates to new and useful improvements in trucks andthe principal object of the invention is to provide a truck particularlyadapted for use by shoppers for carrying packages.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a light, strong anddurable truck which may be folded into a compact article when not in useand when so desired may be opened in position to receive a suitable bagor other receptacle for carrying packages and the like.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in' thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of' the device showingthe same in use,

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the truck with the bagremoved, and

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the truck showing the same in its foldedposition.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the main standard orsupporting bar of the truck provided at one end with the handle 2. Theopposite end has pivoted thereto as at 3, a air of laterally extendinglinks t and 5. Pivoted as at 6 near the o posite end of the standard orbar 1 are t e.

links '3 and 8 which correspond to the links 4 and 5 as clearly shown inthe drawing. A

' cross bar 9 is connected to the outer end of open position. A similarbar 10 extends hit from the outer end of the link 8 to the outer end ofthe link 4 and it be seen that the bars 9 and 10 cross centrally and arepivoted together by a bolt 11 which extends through each of the bars andthrough the slot 12 in the standard 1. A thumb screw 13 is threaded onthe under side of the bolt to engage the bar '12 and hold the device inits open position. The outer edges of the forward ends of the cross bars9 and 10 are inclined as at 14 and carry the studs 15 on which thewheels 16 are journaled and it will thus be seen that when the device isin open position, the same may be rolled by supporting the handle 2.Secured near opposite ends of the bars 9 and 10 are the hooks 17 whichare adapted to pierce the material from which the bag designated by thenumeral 18' is constructed to hold said bag firmly in place.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the device is openedin the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 and the bag attached thereto asshown in Fig. 1. It will thus be apparent that the bag will be in aposition to receive various articles and the truck may be rolled alongand the articles may thus be readily transported. When it is desired tocarry the device without rolling the same it may be folded in the mannerillustrated in Fig. 3 and form a compact bundle which will occupy aminimum amount of space. 7

'While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as Wlll fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A shopping truck comprising a central handle bar,a handle at one end of said bar,

- diagonal cross bars pivoted centrally to the handle bar, linksconnecting the ends of the cross bars with the ends of the handle bar,wheels at the ends of the cross bars opposite the handled end of thehandle bar, andpoolits for supporting a shopping bag on the rue - 2.- Ashopping truck comprising a handle bar having a longitudinal slot formedcentrallythereof, a handle at one end of the "bar, cross bars pivotedtogether centrally, 2 ends of the cross bars for snpporting a shopboltforming the pivot of said bars, said bolt ping bag on the device. 10

extending through the slot, a thumb nut on In testimony whereof I affixmy signature the end of the bolt for holding the truck in in presence oftWo Witnesses.

5 its open or closed position, links connecting ALMA A. GAHEN.

the ends of the cross bars with the handle Witnesses: bar, Wheels on theends of the cross bars op- F LORENCE E. CAMPBELL, posite the handle, andhooks near opposite MARY J. OARVAN.

